Yefim Naumovich Bronfman (; born April 10, 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist.

Biography

Bronfman was born in

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, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He was born into a musical Jewish family. His father Naum Bronfman was a

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of the municipal opera orchestra, his mother Pauline Bronfman was a pianist, and his older sister Elizabeth later became a violinist with the

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is a major Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert ...

. He became an American citizen in 1989. Bronfman's teachers were Arie Vardi,

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, Leon Fleisher, and

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References

External links

Official websiteMore biographical information about BronfmanDiscography at SonyBMG Masterworks
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bronfman, Yefim 1958 births Living people Uzbekistani emigrants to Israel Grammy Award winners American people of Uzbekistani-Jewish descent Israeli classical pianists Jewish American classical musicians Jewish classical pianists Male classical pianists Uzbekistani Jews Soviet Jews Curtis Institute of Music alumni 21st-century classical pianists